Density Tower Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Heaviest for its size sinks): 1. Pour honey slowly into the glass to fill about a quarter. 2. Pour coloured water gently down the side of the glass. 3. Pour the cooking oil gently on top and watch the layers settle. 4. Gently drop in a cork and a coin, see where each stops, and wipe up oil spills.
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- 1.True or false: a cork is denser than water. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) water with food colour (b) a magnet (c) a spoon (d) a tall clear glass
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) cooking oil (c) a pebble (d) very salty water
- 4.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? Which of these is what we measure? (a) how much of each liquid (b) the order of pouring (c) the same three liquids (d) the order of the layers
- 5.🔮 Predict: you gently drop a coin into the tower. Where does it end up? (a) in the water layer (b) at the very bottom (c) in the oil layer (d) on top of the oil
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: how much of each liquid is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 7.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the same three liquids is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the same three liquids is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) a glass marble (b) an ice cube (c) a coin (d) a pebble
- 10.🧺 Do we need a spoon for the density tower? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) yeast (b) water with food colour (c) honey (d) a spoon
- 12.🔮 Predict: you gently drop a small cork into the tower. Where does it stop? (a) in the honey layer (b) in the water layer (c) on top of the oil (d) under the honey
- 13.🧺 Do we need honey for the density tower? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 14.True or false: water with food colour is not needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) yeast (d) a tall clear glass
- 16.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the density tower? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honey (b) an ice cube (c) a glass marble (d) a pebble
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) cooking oil (c) an ice cube (d) a cork
- 19.🍯 Which of these is denser than water? (a) a ping-pong ball (b) honey (c) air (d) an ice cube
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an ice cube (b) a ping-pong ball (c) a glass marble (d) a cork
- 21.🍯 Which of these is less dense than water? (a) a ping-pong ball (b) very salty water (c) a glass marble (d) a pebble
- 22.🍯 Is a glass marble denser or less dense than water? (a) less dense than water (b) denser than water
- 23.True or false: a glass marble is less dense than water. (a) True (b) False
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same glass (b) the order of pouring (c) the order of the layers (d) how much of each liquid
- 25.🍯 Is a coin denser or less dense than water? (a) denser than water (b) less dense than water
- 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) a spoon (b) a tall clear glass (c) a mirror (d) water with food colour
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? What do we do with “the same glass”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 28.🧺 Do we need a tall clear glass for the density tower? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 29.🍯 Is a cork denser or less dense than water? (a) less dense than water (b) denser than water
- 30.True or false: yeast is needed for the density tower. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for the density tower. Which one is NOT needed? (a) honey (b) a tall clear glass (c) a spoon (d) turmeric powder
- 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the density tower? (a) honey (b) a spoon (c) turmeric powder (d) cooking oil
- 33.🍯 Is air denser or less dense than water? (a) denser than water (b) less dense than water
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? True or false: the order of pouring is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧺 Which of these is needed for the density tower? (a) a mirror (b) a magnet (c) a spoon (d) turmeric powder
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a ping-pong ball (c) a glass marble (d) honey
- 37.True or false: honey is needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — do the layers end up in the same order if we pour the liquids in a different order? What do we do with “the same three liquids”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 39.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the density tower. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🛟 Which rule keeps the density tower experiment safe? (a) taste each layer (b) do not lick the spoon (c) pour it on the floor (d) throw the glass
Answer key
- False
- a magnet
- cooking oil
- the order of the layers
- at the very bottom
- False
- True
- False
- an ice cube
- needed
- yeast
- on top of the oil
- needed
- False
- a tall clear glass
- not needed
- an ice cube
- a coin
- honey
- a glass marble
- a ping-pong ball
- denser than water
- False
- the order of pouring
- denser than water
- a mirror
- we keep it the same
- needed
- less dense than water
- False
- turmeric powder
- turmeric powder
- less dense than water
- True
- a spoon
- a ping-pong ball
- True
- we keep it the same
- True
- do not lick the spoon
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